CS/CS/HB 1173 Summary

• Authorizes the Board of Trustees to acquire nonconservation lands for buffering military installations against encroachment, with yellow book appraisal standards required when federal partnership funds are available.

• Permits conveyance or leasing of acquired military buffer lands at less than appraised value to military installations, with land reverting to the state if not used for buffer purposes or if the installation closes.

• Authorizes immediate acquisition of lands using up to 15 percent of Department of Environmental Protection funds to prevent or satisfy private property rights claims in areas of critical state concern, with waiver of standard land acquisition procedures allowed.

• Allows value estimation by comparable sales analysis, division appraisal, or other prudent procedures for parcels estimated at $500,000 or less when outside appraisals are not justified.

• Establishes annual process requiring military installations to submit base buffering encroachment land lists to the Florida Defense Support Task Force by October 1, with task force recommendations due by December 1.